Subway sued journalists for reporting that their chicken-meat is only 50% chicken.

[DetlefK]

https://thetakeout.com/subway-fake-chicken-lawsuit-canada-1840202623

...but most of the tests came back showing between 88.5% and 89.4% chicken DNA. Except for Subway. Subway’s “oven roasted chicken” tested as 53.6% chicken and its strips were 42.8%. The rest was soy protein. Perhaps, they thought, there had been a mistake in the lab. But when they tested again, the results were the same.

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Happily for the CBC, though maybe not for Subway, the suit was dismissed by the Ontario Superior Court earlier this week, Vice reports. “The Marketplace report raised a quintessential consumer protection issue,” Justice E.M. Morgan wrote in his ruling.

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But this is not the end of it, not by a long shot. In Canada, as in the U.S., losers in lawsuits can appeal, and that is exactly what Subway plans to do. “The CBC Marketplace story at issue is wholly inaccurate and built on flawed research,” a spokesperson told Vice, “which caused significant harm to our network of Franchise Owners.”

[Wawannabe]

1. Significant harm

Was done when corp hired Jared the pedophile. Never went there again. Ick!

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Love it,

finally some one steps up to the plate and exposes what has been known by some as a fraud.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. What is the part that *isn't* chicken?

Roadkilled raccoons? Sawdust? What?

[procon]

4. That's my question too. And does it stop with

chicken or are all Subway meats suspect now? I didn't patronize them too often, and now I'm even less likely to spend my money on some kind of mystery meat that might not even be meat. Remember Soylent Green...

[Ptah]

6. The rest was soy protein.

It's in the excerpt.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. I'll bet it's possum.

[Ptah]

8. Of course you do.

[JonLP24]

14. Where can I find the sandwich that is completely soy protein?

When I go to Subway I only order the Veggie Delight.

[abqtommy]

5. Let's test the Subway franchise owners to determine the percentage of chicken they carry

around in their DNA! What a bunch of snowflakes!

[doc03]

9. I am not surprised. I tried it once and it didn't taste like chicken. I quit going to Subway

for a couple years because there was a strange chemical odor in the store, then we found out they were adding a chemical used in the
manufacture of foam rubber in their bread. Subway is supposed to be healthy.

[Major Nikon]

13. Even if it is all chicken, it's a safe bet there's a high content of lips and assholes

It's actually a reconstituted meat product, which means the meat could come from anywhere on the animal and it's mechanically separated from bone by running it through basically a sieve under high pressure. It's then reformed into something that resembles breast meat. It's not as if there's anything unhealthy about it, and using as many parts of livestock for consumption makes sense, but it's a safe bet Subway isn't going to market it for what it really is especially given the real reason they do it is to increase their sales margins.

[Major Nikon]

10. Parts is parts

[customerserviceguy]

11. Subway is so inferior

I get my sandwiches from Jersey Mike's.

[Xolodno]

12. Well, that's one way to get people to eat less meat.

Maybe they are doing the world a favor?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. Funny thing is, my kid was talking about how she liked the Subway chicken...

....because it isn't overly dry like a lot of grilled chicken is.

So whatever the "chicken" is, I guess they have some fans.